Now that is cold

After a high today of around 70 degrees, temperatures are expected to fall into the 40s on Tuesday in Amarillo -- just like in Fairbanks, Alaska. Except those temps will have a one of the these (-) in front of it.

There is cold and there is really cold, which we get a lot in the Panhandle, though so far this year, not so much. But then there's unfathomable cold, and that's what Alaska is facing right now, which is even cold for the frozen tundra.

Fairbanks came close to hitting 50-degree below zero for the first time this winter on Sunday, but fell just short of that. According to the National Weather Service, the low temprature at Fairbanks' airport was 48 below.

Hoochiemomma, that's cold.

It marked the third day in a row with a low temperature colder than 40 below at the airport. Eielson Air Force Base had a low temperature Sunday of 50 below and a reading of 57 below was recorded by an automatic gauge temperature on the nearby Salcha River, the NWS said.

Combine that with about 6 1/2 hours of available sunlight, and that has to be a brutal environment. Sun will rise at 9:48 a.m. today in Fairbanks, and set at 4:21 p.m. No thanks. Alaska is a nice place to visit -- in the summer.

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